Maquilapolis

Teatro Amazonas

Teatro Amazonas is an elaborate, intriguing formalist experiment investigating the cinematic gaze and cultural exchange, and offering an unconventiona

1999

Broken Promises: The High Arctic Relocation

In the summer of 1953, the Canadian government relocated seven Inuit families from Northern Québec to the High Arctic. They were promised an abundance

1995

To Singapore, with Love

Tan Pin Pin employs a strictly external perspective for this portrait of her hometown, the tropical economic powerhouse of Singapore, interviewing pol

2013

It Changed My Life: Bikini Kill in the UK

In 1993, Bikini Kill toured the UK with grrrl associates Huggy Bear. Lucy Thane made a documentary about the trip, also featuring appearances from the

1993

In Order Not to Be Here

A night flight through hysteria and police surveillance in suburban America.

2002

The Fabulous Ice Age

For decades, American touring ice shows dominated family entertainment with their dazzling production and variety acts. This documentary honors them t

2013

The Police Tapes

The Police Tapes is a 1977 documentary about a New York City police precinct in the South Bronx. The original ran ninety minutes and was produced for

1977

Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth

The compelling story of an extraordinary woman's journey from her birth in a paper thin shack in the cotton fields of Georgia to her recognition as a

2013

Deep Water: The Real Story

In the 1980s and 1990s a wave of murders bloodied the idyllic coastline of Sydney’s eastern suburbs. The victims: young gay men. Disturbing gang assau

2016

The Seer and the Unseen

A magic realist fable about invisible elves, financial collapse and the surprising power of belief, told through the story of an Icelandic woman - a r

2019

Joyce at 34

After giving birth, Joyce attempts to regain her position as a filmmaker while also caring for her new baby. The changes to both her and her husband’s

1972

Contratempo

2008

Podwórka

‘Podwórka’ captures six groups of neighbourhood youth as they play in seemingly deserted yards, offering an intimate portrait of daily life in Łódź, P

2009

The Masters of Disaster

Documentary about an unlikely youth chess team from Indianapolis who went on surprise the chess world with their success. The team, made up of young A

1986

Young at Heart

Filmmakers Sue Marx and Pamela Conn document the romance between Sue's father Louis Gothelf and Reva Shwayder, each in their mid-80s. Both artists and

1987

Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment

This 1991 Academy Award®-winning documentary uncovers the disastrous health and environmental side effects caused by the production of nuclear materia

1991

Educating Peter

A young boy with down syndrome attends his first year in a "regular" classroom. This documentary traces that year and the changes that take place for

1992

Asylum

Baba, a young Ghanaian woman, goes in search of her father for his blessing on her impending marriage. This turns to a nightmare as he insists she a d

2003

God Sleeps in Rwanda

A powerful documentary about five women whose lives have been irrevocably altered by the Rwandan genocide. With the country left nearly 70% female in

2005

Freeheld

Lieutenant Laurel Hester is dying. All she wants to do is leave her pension benefits to her life partner - Stacie, so Stacie can afford to keep their

2007